The run given up by Kershaw was his first allowed in 25 Opening Day innings, and his Opening Day ERA is now 0.35.

As for the offense, it started with Adrian Gonzalez, who wanted to walk more in 2014, and he led off the top of the second with a four-pitch walk. Then things got weird, as Mark Trumbo Trumbo’ed a Scott Van Slyke fly ball to left in glorious/hilarious fashion.

After Kershaw exited, the bullpen shut the game down. Chris Perez entered after Kershaw’s 102 pitches and got the final out of the seventh. Brian Wilson followed with an inning of scoreless work, striking out two. Kenley Jansen walked a man but had a strike out and managed to finish the game off without any real danger.

@TheConman@Professor Towel@steelmohawk yeah, but I think the difference is marginal enough to not get worked up about. Baxter is just going to be sent to AAA or released once Kemp is healthy anyway. Trading power for a slight bump in OBP.